EXAM RESULTS 2014: Great success for Yeovil College students

YEOVIL College students are celebrating after achieving an outstanding overall A-Level pass rate of 99% for the sixth year in a row - while the national average has fallen for the first time in more than 30 years.

College students also achieved more top A and A* grades than in 2013, with half of students achieving A* to B.

There were 100% pass rates were achieved in 21 of 24 A-Level subject areas including Physics, English Language, Chemistry, Business Studies, Psychology, Sociology and Maths.

Oliver Latcham, 18, of Yeovil, achieved the top A* grade in Physics, Maths and Further Maths, as well as an A grade in Chemistry.

PHOTO – TOP: Hannah Saunders, 18, of Yeovil.

PHOTO – RIGHT: Oliver Latcham, 18, of Yeovil.

The former Bucklers Mead Academy student said: “I’m a bit blown away by it all really!  Being at Yeovil College was fun and enjoyable. The support of the lecturers was really good too.

“I’m going to go to the University of Exeter to study Physics and would really like a career in research and Astrophysics.”

Hannah Saunders, 18, of Yeovil, joined Yeovil College from Stanchester Academy and gained A* grades in English Literature and History, as well as a B in French.

She also received an A* for her Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), a course Yeovil College offers to all A-Level students to help gain extra UCAS points and enhanced research and reporting skills that are essential at university.

Hannah said: “For my EPQ, I looked at the sovereignty of the UK.  I wanted to ask whether it still existed and look at how the EU worked with it too.

“I want to study Law at university, but didn’t do it at A Level, so I thought that looking at a key legal concept for my EPQ was a great way to give me a foundation to start from.  I would recommend the EPQ, I gained a lot from it.

“Yeovil College is what you make of it.  It promotes independent learning, it’s down to you to do the work, so you need to be really disciplined.

You don’t have the same structure you get at school, so you need self-motivation. It’s a steep learning curve, but you get a lot out of it and prepares you well for university.”

Hannah is going to University College London to study Law.

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